[OPEN] Hyperborean Dreaming (Hyperborea 3e)

The Pitch
In this game you will arrive in the desert-port city of Xambaala after traveling the continent on a trade caravan. Rumors of disappearances and secrets have led you here, and it's your time to discover the truth behind both!

This game will try to marry linear modules with some light sandbox, and will adapt to what the players wish to achieve.

Trigger Warnings and Themes
This game will include triggers related to violence, kidnapping, sacrifice, character death, and slavery; many of these are to be condemned. The world in which you find yourself is full of ancient gods, warring forces, and active cultists; evil deeds can be found around every dark corner.

This game WILL NOT include the following triggers: sexual assault, violence against children (though it may against some young adults), suicide. This is an incomplete list, and will include other triggers as decided by the group.

To survive, you must work together! For this reason, your character must have a willingness to work together even with those who might be diametrically opposed.

Game Duration and Pacing
This game expects players to post once a day, five times a week. I do not expect the game to move on weekends, as I am usually busy myself. As for the duration, this is expected to be a long game, running the course of years should you stay with it.

This game will use a private Discord server to encourage speed and ease of play. Hyperborea 3e has some rules that are benefited by a quicker communication, such as combat options; the server will help with this.

Who May Apply
This game is open to any who are interested in this chaotic experience. The table is intentionally inclusive, and will not tolerate any racism, sexism, or any other -ism. Safety is paramount. I reserve the right to prevent any from joining should I feel they are not a good fit, and to remove any players who show the same.

How to Apply
Simply reply here, or reach out on the GamersPlane Discord. If you are interested, please use a quote from your favorite piece of Sword and Sorcery or Science Fantasy fiction in bold. If you have questions, I am more than happy to answer before you make a decision. I will utilize an arbitrary method of choosing who joins, which may be the product of the Lords of Chaos. I will select five players, or six if the mood strikes me.

Yes please.

"He was still staring, as most men stared when they first set eyes upon Jirel of Joiry. She was tall as most men, and the fall of Joiry was bitter enough to break her heart as she stood snarling curses up at her tall conqueror. The face above her mail might not have been fair in a woman's head-dress, but in the steel setting of her armor it had a biting, sword-edge beauty as keen as the flash of blades. The red hair was short upon her high, defiant head, and the yellow blaze of her eyes held fury as a crucible holds fire."

interested
"What daring! What outrageousness! What insolence! What arrogance! I salute you." – King Osric, Conan the Barbarian

Had a blast last time.

"I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content." Robert E. Howard, Queen of the Black Coast.

Well, since End Days of Latter Earth has come to an end and the Player's Manual is on sale...

Fafhrd was carried along by a current. When he moved too slowly, the others jostled him and he quickened his pace, but it was all involuntary. Only his eyes responded to his will, turning from side to side, drinking in details with fearful curiousity: the endless series of vague carvings, wherein sea monsters and unwholesome manlike figures and vaguely anthropomorphic giant skates or rays seemed to come alive and stir as the phosphorescence fluctuated... Fritz Leiber - "The Sunken Land"

But as I've played in three Cowley games since joining GP, I have no problem with getting passed over for a new recruits. :)

I'm interested!

It had occurred to me I was not courageous, had never been brave, only arrogant or unthinking.
-The Birthgrave, Tanith Lee

Experience the Weird!

Crom, this sounds awesome!

"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?
I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky.
The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;
Rush in and die, dogs—I was a man before I was a king."

I've invited five players. With by luck, attrition will be at a minimum, but don't be afraid to express interest for the future!

Due to attrition, I'm looking to recruit one or two new players for this game! We're just starting a new module after a TPK had taken out the party. Starting with an average party level of 2, in a desert in the middle of a dark winter.

I was one of the players that stepped back from this game, but I only did so because of IRL obligations taking time. Cowley is an excellent GM and this setting is a fun, weird, unique one. If you like OSR games and haven’t played this one yet or played with Charles, or even if you have, I highly recommend it.

Interested!

What's the wizard situation in Hyperborea?

The wizard situation is problematic. They keep unleashing terrible things!

So, we have a warlock in the party, which is a warrior with some spells, and would love a full magician! I wouldn't mind moving some rolls around if you have an idea in mind. Like many OSR games, the magic-user has a whopping d4 hit points, and they get random spells... But they also get some innate abilities like simply detecting magic and being able to be a wizard at all times.

@GreyGriffin and @randomizedrituals, let me reach back out after the weekend (or at the end of it)!